Battle of Puerto Cabello

Battle of Puerto Cabello
	Part of the War of Jenkins' Ear
Date	16 April 1743
Location	Puerto Cabello, Viceroyalty of New Granada present-day Venezuela
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
Great Britain	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Charles Knowles	Gabriel Zuloaga
Strength
Land:; 4,000; infantry; sailors; Sea:; 2 third-rates; 2 fourth rates; 1 fifth-rate; 2 sixth-rates; 1 sloop-of-war; 1 bomb vessel; 13 other vessels	Land:; 2,000; infantry; militia; unknown artillery; 1 castle; 2 shore batteries; Sea:; 1 blockship
Casualties and losses
300 killed ; 106 wounded; 2 boats sunk	Unknown human casualties; 1 blockship scuttled

The Battle of Puerto Cabello was a failed attack on a Spanish colonial port during the War of Jenkins' Ear on 16 April 1743.

^ Account of the La Guayra Expedition described in a letter from Captain Watkings of HMS Lively to sir John Norris. Naval Chronicle, vol I. pp. 204, 314.
^ Fernández Duro p.284

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